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Case Name ▼ Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Wells v. Hunter 6 Mart. (n.s.) 311 1827 0 Successions, seizure, injunction Louisiana
Wells v. Hunter 5 Mart. (n.s.) 119 1826 0 Injunction, property, sales, successions, res judicata, contracts Louisiana
Wells v. Goss 110 La. 347 1903 1 Louisiana
Wells v. Fletcher 17 Ark. 581 1856 0 Will & trust Arkansas
Wells v. Files 131 La. 736 1912 1 Louisiana
Wells v. Ellis 184 Ga. 645 1937 1 Georgia
Wells v. Elliott 68 Ala. 183 1880 1 Alabama
Wells v. Drane 206 Ala. 583 1921 1 Alabama
Wells v. Dickens 274 N.C. 203 1968 1 North Carolina
Wells v. Crumpler 182 N.C. 350 1921 1 North Carolina
Wells v. Compton 3 Rob. 171 1842 1 Louisiana
Wells v. Commissioners 77 Md. 125 1893 1 Maryland
Wells v. Cochrane 137 Fla. 241 1939 1 Florida
Wells v. Chaffin 60 Ga. 677 1878 1 Georgia
Wells v. Brooks 199 Miss. 327 1946 1 Mississippi
Wells v. Bransford 28 Ala. 200 1856 0 Application of Probate of Will for Married Person Alabama
Wells v. Boston & Maine Railroad 82 Vt. 108 1909 1 Vermont
Wells v. Boatner 216 Miss. 108 1952 1 Mississippi
Wells v. Blitch 184 Ga. 616 1937 1 Georgia
Wells v. Blackman 121 La. 384 1908 1 Louisiana